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词条 The Invisible Boy
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Reception

  4. Home video

  5. References

  6. Further reading

  7. External links

{{About||the 2014 film|The Invisible Boy (2014 film)}}{{Infobox film
| name = The Invisible Boy
| image = The Invisible Boy.jpg
| caption = Film poster by Reynold Brown
| director = Herman Hoffman
| producer = Nicholas Nayfack
| writer = Edmund Cooper (story)
Cyril Hume
| narrator =
| starring = Richard Eyer
Philip Abbott
Diane Brewster
Harold J. Stone
| music = Les Baxter
| cinematography = Harold E. Wellman
| editing = John Faure
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
| released = {{Film date|1957|10}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $384,000[1]
|gross = $840,000[1]
}}

The Invisible Boy (aka S.O.S Spaceship) is a 1957 black and white American science fiction film from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack, directed by Herman Hoffman, and starring Richard Eyer and Philip Abbott. It is the second film appearance of Robby the Robot, the science fiction character who "stole the show" in Forbidden Planet (1956),[2] also released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. According to an implied, subtle back story in The Invisible Boy, the robot is the same character as that in Forbidden Planet, which is set in the 23rd century; Robby is brought back to the film's mid-20th century era by time travel.

Plot

The Invisible Boy is a mixture of lighthearted playfulness and menacing evil. In 1957, ten-year-old Timmie Merinoe (Richard Eyer) seems only to want a playmate. After he is mysteriously invested with superior intelligence, he reassembles a robot that his father and other scientists had been ready to discard as unrepairable junk. No one pays much attention to the robot, named Robby, after Timmie gets it operating again, until Timmie's mother becomes angry when her son is taken aloft by a huge powered kite that Robby has built at Timmie's urging.

When Timmie expresses a wish to be able to play without being observed by his parents, Robby, with the aid of a supercomputer, makes him invisible. At first Timmie uses his invisibility to play simple pranks on his parents and others, but the mood soon changes, when it becomes clear that the supercomputer is evil and intends to take over the world using a military satellite.

Cast

  • Richard Eyer as Timmie Merrinoe
  • Philip Abbott as Dr. Tom Merrinoe
  • Diane Brewster as Mary Merrinoe
  • Harold J. Stone as Gen. Swayne
  • Robert H. Harris as Prof. Frank Allerton
  • Dennis McCarthy as Col. Macklin
  • Alexander Lockwood as Arthur Kelvaney
  • John O'Malley as Prof. Baine
  • Robby the Robot as Robby
  • Gage Clarke as Dr. Bannerman (uncredited)
  • Than Wyenn as Prof. Zeller
  • Jefferson Searles as Prof. Foster (as Jefferson Dudley Searles)
  • Alfred Linder as Martin / Computer
  • Ralph Votrian as 1st Gate Sergeant
  • Michael Miller as 2nd Gate Sergeant

Reception

According to MGM records, the film earned $390,000 in the US and Canada and $450,000 elsewhere, for a total of $840,000. With a budget of $384,000 this resulted in a profit of $456,000.[1]

Home video

The entire feature film appears as an extra on the Forbidden Planet 50th Anniversary DVD released in 2006 and on the Blu-ray released in 2010. Even on the Blu-ray, the film is in standard definition.

References

1. ^{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.
2. ^{{cite web |title=Forbidden Planet - 50th Anniversary Special Two-Disk Edition |last=Chaw |first=Walter |url=http://www.filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/forbiddenplanet.htm |date=December 19, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620061614/http://filmfreakcentral.net/dvdreviews/forbiddenplanet.htm |archivedate=2010-06-20}} Primarily a review of Forbidden Planet, Chaw has little use for The Invisible Boy.

Further reading

  • {{cite web |title=The Invisible Boy (1957) |last=Eder |first=Bruce |work=allmovie by Rovi |date=n.d. |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-invisible-boy-v25327/review |quote=But in its own low-budget way, it is a fascinating pop-culture artifact of its time. And it is a lot of fun, just as a notion for a science fiction/adventure film, with a very dark side to the serious component of the plot.}}
  • {{cite web |title=The Invisible Boy |last=Schwartz |first=Dennis |date=May 9, 2004 |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~ozus/invisibleboy.htm |work=Ozus' World |quote=Adults as well as children should be entertained by this sci-fier that succeeds without much technological gadgetry, instead relying on its charm.}}

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0050546}}
  • {{amg movie|25327}}
  • {{tcmdb title|id=230}}
  • {{AFI film|id=52234|title=The Invisible Boy}}
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